Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1959 Hydra Rampage

In the outer forest on the other side of the Elf Forest, the Hydra ravages the land.

With its gaping maw wide open, the hydra spewed forth swirling purple venomous gas, rapidly corroding everything around it.

The trees and vegetation in the area will decay rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye the moment they are contaminated by the purple poisonous gas.

In the blink of an eye, the Wood Elf sentinel who was relaying the message was in danger.

There was no time to think. The wood elf sentinel chanted incantations and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a gray wolf and ran off into the depths of the forest. He was an elf druid!

"Ouch——"

At this moment, the howling of wolves served as an alarm, and all the elves along the way entered battle mode.

At the same time, the commotion caused by the Hydra invasion was so great that Wright, who was in the Elf King's castle, had already heard it.

However, he was still unaware of what had happened.

As he watched the wood elf rush towards him in a great hurry, he quickly asked...

"what happened?"

"Urgent news has arrived from the outskirts of the forest: the Dark Elves have returned!"

Upon hearing this, Wright's eyes darkened, and a complex emotion, indescribable, appeared in his sapphire-like pupils.

"Take ordinary people to safety."

Without time to think, after issuing the order, Wright summoned a stag, took his twin swords, and leaped off the terrace of the Elf King's castle, heading towards the edge of the forest.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the forest, a large number of elven residents who were working nearby fled rapidly into the depths of the forest at the sound of the alarm.

During this time, the troops responsible for the outer defense were in position, but the purple poison gas that the Hydra kept spewing out was terrifying. The powerful corrosive ability of the poison gas made it impossible for the elven soldiers to get close, and they were completely put on the defensive.

For a time, they could only let Hydra do as it pleased, until a cry of an eagle came from the sky.

The Wood Elf's Giant Eagle Knights have arrived!

The hydra, with its size resembling a small mountain, was truly eye-catching. The giant eagle knights who arrived on the battlefield circled overhead, rapidly drawing their bows and nocking arrows, shooting at the rampaging hydra in an attempt to suppress its venomous breath and create an opportunity for other troops to take action.

However, the Hydra's scales were incredibly tough and impervious to blades and spears. The arrows of the giant eagle knights were of limited power and had no effect on the Hydra, being deflected instantly.

Just then, a huge green magic circle suddenly unfolded, and with the surge of magic power, a large number of vines burst out of their shells and wrapped around the hydra's mountain-like body at the fastest speed.

Needless to say, it was the wood elf mages who were relatively close to the outer perimeter who arrived.

Just like on the Great Zhou side, they are all wood elves, and their ancestral methods and combat techniques are always quite similar.

The wood elf mages here are quite effective. With ample magical power, the vines grow at an astonishing speed, covering most of the hydra's body in the blink of an eye.

Realizing it was entangled in vines, the hydra instinctively struggled, tearing off a large number of vines in an instant.

Come to think of it, just look at its enormous size and you know this monster is incredibly strong. Even a casual flick of its tail would be devastating to an ordinary army.

However, the wood elf mages clearly had no intention of stopping there; their magic continued to be unleashed. During this process, the 'energy drain' spell was definitely also in place, employing a two-pronged approach.

However, this hydra was clearly no ordinary creature. It was quite intelligent and quickly realized what was happening. Its nine heads began to frantically spew poisonous gas around itself.

In the blink of an eye, the hydra's enormous body was completely enveloped in purple poisonous gas.

Hydra is not afraid of the poison gas it spews out.

However, the vines that were wrapped around it were completely destroyed, being corroded by the poisonous gas at a visible speed.

The vines, continuously corroded by the poisonous gas, lost much of their strength and became fragile. With a simple struggle, the hydra broke off large sections of them.

At this point, the Hydra had become an unsolvable problem in the eyes of the Wood Elf mages.

However, this could also be attributed to the fact that the wood elf mages themselves were not yet strong enough.

If one has sufficient strength, it is theoretically possible to drain the energy from the hydra by unleashing a frenzied output of magical power, causing the growth rate of the entangling vines to exceed the corrosive rate of the poison gas in an instant.

Regardless, as the first troops to arrive on the battlefield, the Wood Elf mages did manage to delay the Hydra's actions to some extent, buying time for the subsequent troops to arrive.

Soon, a strong gust of wind swept in from behind.

The poison gas that had previously baffled the wood elf mages and giant eagle knights was instantly swept away by the strong wind!

After the strong winds subsided, using the trees of the Elf Forest as cover, specially crafted arrows converged into a rain of arrows that swept out from within the Elf Forest.

The moment it struck the Hydra, there was a loud 'boom' as the flying arrow exploded on the spot, the power of which was estimated to be no less than that of a hand grenade.

The power of this arrow was clearly far greater than that of the arrows previously fired by the giant eagle knights.

This is an elven magic arrow that only the 'Elven Archer,' a special unit of the High Elves, can master!

The 'Tracking Arrow', which was also used by Elf Knights and Great Eagle Knights in the past, is actually a type of Elf magic arrow. However, the 'Tracking Arrow' is a beginner-level technique that is relatively universal and can be used by multiple unit types.

To master higher-level elven magic arrows, one must undergo corresponding training and obtain the 'Elven Archer' rank.

The elven archers unleashed a volley of arrows, at least several hundred explosive arrows flying out simultaneously. Even the hydra, whose size was like a small mountain, was instantly overwhelmed by the dense, continuous explosions.

However, taking his life is clearly not that easy.

"Roar--"

Having withstood the impact of the series of explosions, the Hydra, clearly enraged, once again spewed poison gas toward the forest.

Just a second before the poisonous gas was spewed from its nine mouths, a strong gust of wind swept through the forest once again.

Clearly, after being caught off guard at first, the elves have figured out how to deal with the situation.

They don't even need any particularly powerful wind magic. Poison gas is just a gas after all, and it's basically powerless against strong winds. As long as the right method is used, it can be easily broken.

(End of this chapter)